Wallet insert



Jan. 2%, 1967 M. SHAGIN ETAL WALLET INSERT Filed Dec. 17, 1965 INVENTORSTERRY M. SHAGIN EDWARD J. FISHMAN United States Patent Office PatentedJan. 24, 1967 3,299,929 WALLET INSERT Terry Michael Shagin, Los Angeles,Calif. (5259 Sepul- Veda 6, Van Nuys, Calif. 91401), and Edward J.

Fishman, 6210 Goodland Place, North Hollywood,

Calif. 91606 Filed Dec. 17, 1965, Ser. No. 514,539 1 Claim. (Cl. 150-39)This invention relates to an insert for a wallet, adapted to hold aplurality of credit cards, licenses, or other identification cards.

While many wallet inserts for credit cards and other types of creditcard holders exist, there is difiiculty with these inserts in that thecredit card or identification card cannot be easily removed from theindividual card holder or window pocket. This often causes splitting orcracking of the card window.

In addition the problem exists that the user must search through theplurality of holders to find the particular credit card oridentification card which he is then seeking.

It is the object of the present invention to provide a wallet insertcapable of holding a plurality of credit cards which may be easilywithdrawn from individual card holders.

It is the further object of this invention to provide a wallet insert inwhich a particular card may be located at a glance.

It is still a further object of this invention to provide a Walletinsert which is formed from a thin light-weight pliable transparentplastic material wherein a particular card may be easily located,quickly removed, without causing splitting of the card window.

These and other objects will be apparent from the following descriptionand the accompanying drawing in which:

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing the wallet insert of the presentinvention,

FIG. 2 is a plan view showing a single card holder of the presentinvention,

FIG. 3 is a partially broken away front elevational view of a singlecard holder of the present invention,

FIG. 4 is a cross sectional view taken on lines 4-4 of FIG. 3 of thepresent invention.

Referring now to the drawings, FIG. 1 shows a plurality of windowpockets comprising a face member, rectangular center members 10, 12 and14, which may be made of any suitable plastic material which is thin,light-weight, transparent and pliable.

The window pocket is formed by an overlapping member 16, 18 which issealed along the outer edges such as 20, 22 and 24, to rectangularcenter member 10, 12, 14. Said overlapping member 16, 18 is sealedpreferably by heat, however, other sealing methods such as stitching canbe used, An overlapping member, such as 16, is sealed to both sides of acenter rectangular member such as 10, so that a pocket adapted toreceive a credit card 29 or 30 is for-med on both sides of said centerrectangular member.

The overlapping member such as 16 is adapted to cover only a portion ofthe face of the center rectangular member such as 10. Preferably notmore than three-fourths of such face is covered and in fact onlyone-half is most desirable, so that a portion of the credit card isexposed from the pocket formed by the overlapping member and the centerrectangular member allowing easy removability of the credit card fromsaid pocket.

As shown in FIG. 1 the center rectangular member such as is adapted tobe folded at the middle 26 varound a transverse binder 28, over whichthe Window pockets may be folded in half as would be done in a foldablewallet. In this manner four separate window pockets are constructed on asingle center rectangular member such as 10. -It may, of course, be seenthat said rectangular center member need not be made foldable at themiddle, and that applicants invention may be adapted to wallets andcredit card holders of other shapes such as those which do not fold.

Provided on each face of said rectangular members 10, 12, 14 is a tab32, 34, 36, which is adapted to contain an indicator such as analphabetical listing allowing the user to easily arrange his credit oridentification cards for easy access.

FIG. 2 shows a rectangular center member 38 with overlapping members 40,42, 44 and 46 forming pockets 48, 50, 52 and 54, for insertion of acredit card such as 56. It may be seen that pockets 48' and 50 may beformed by overlapping a single rectangular member 40-42 around the edge58 of center rectangular member 38 and heat sealing edge 58 as well asthe upper and lower edges such as 20, 24 of FIG. 1 to form pockets 48and 50. However, if desired, two separate overlapping portions such as40, 42 could be used to form pockets 48 and 50.

FIG. 3 shows a partially broken away view of a credit card window of thepresent invention in which there is shown a center rectangular member 60to which is heat sealed at edges 62 and 64 an overlapping member 66.Said overlapping member 66 forms a pocket 68 for insertion of a creditcard or identification card 70. It is noted that in FIG. 3 a horizontalpocket is formed as compared to a vertical pocket formed in FIG. 1.Whether the pocket is formed vertically or horizontally is a matter ofchoice as long as only a portion of the center rectangul-ar member iscovered.

Center rectangular member 60 contains index tab 72 for easy location ofa particular credit card.

FIG. 4 is a cross sectional view taken on lines 44 of FIG. 3 showingcenter rectangular member 60 containing index tab 72. Overlappingportion 66 is shown heat sealed at edge 64 to center rectangular member60 to form pockets 68 and 74 in which a credit card such as 70 isplaced.

The number of window pockets in a particular holder is controlled onlyby the resulting thickness desired. As shown in the drawings the Walletinsert may be filled with credit cards or identification cards andfitted into the proper compartment of the ordinary wallet.

When the user wishes to obtain a certain card he opens the wallet and hecan easily locate the proper window with his index tab and pull the cardfrom the window by the exposed portion of the card.

Although preferred embodiments of the invention have been described andillustrated, various modifications of the described embodiments may bemade by those skilled in the art without departing from the scope of theinvention as defined by the appended claim.

We claim:

A wallet insert for holding and displaying a plurality of credit cardsor the like, said insert comprising:

at least one rectangular member defined by a first pair of spacedparallel peripheral edges and a second pair of spaced parallelperipheral edges, said first and second pairs being disposed insubstantially perpendicular relation with each other;

.tab means extending integrally from one of said edges for carryingindicia thereupon;

at least one sheet of transparent plastic material being interfolded toform card holding pockets;

said sheet being centrally folded in half, with said central fold lineportion being disposed in abutting contact with one of said edges ofsaid first pair, and with said sheet halfs extending on opposite sidesof said member to substantially the center thereof;

said sheet further including side edge portions extends 4 ing along atleast one of said edges of said second References Cited by the ExaminerP h 1 d UNITED STATES PATENTS Bald S1 6 g por i n being eat sea ed tosaid e e 2,732,874 V1956 Carstensen 150-39 of said second pair tothereby convert the same into a pocket having an opening between saidfirst pair 5 FOREIGN PATENTS of edges; 432,336 10/1911 France.

said insert being operative to hold a credit card which 495,043 9France.

can be introduced into said pocket by digitally di- 819,763 9/1959Gffiat Britainrecting the same between said member and a sheet 301, 12/1954 SWltZeflaIld.

half and pushing the same toward said fold line. 10 FRANKLIN T GARRETT,Primary Examiner.

